With the snap of a camera shutter — and a handy microscope — what was once small can become grand.
A close-up peek at mouse brain tumor cells has won first place in the 2024 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. Neuroscientist Bruno Cisterna snapped the photo using a high-resolution microscopy technique as part of research to understand how neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS develop.
The magenta blobs are the nuclei of each tumor cell, surrounded by actin proteins (white) that give the cells shape. In green are the rigid rods, or microtubules, that connect some cells and transport organelles within cells such as mitochondria, which generate much
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